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In the Name Of

In a working-class, god-forsaken small village in Poland, a priest runs a centre for delinquent boys as an…

By Eleanor MacFarlane
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Cold Comes the Night

When a down-on-her-luck single mother crosses paths with an aging, sight- impaired Russian gangster, the two form an…

By Marc Zanotti
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In the Shadow of a Man

Based on an old Egyptian proverb that exemplifies the deep-rooted patriarchal bias prevalent throughout the country, In the…

By Tom Yates
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Hawking

Penned and narrated by the eponymous “master of the universe”, Hawking chronicles the life of iconic physicist Stephen…

By Aoife O'Driscoll
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Prevertere

The tagline of Prevertere (the new offering from writer/director Brian McGuire) reads “a pervert's quest for love”. As…

By Annie Robinson
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Harrigan

Set in the mid-1970s during a hard winter of power failures and police cuts, toughened Detective Sergeant Harrigan…

By Jennifer Atkinson
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Metro Manila

Metro Manila is intimate and emotional, following the struggle of a Filipino family who move to Manila to…

By Amber Bryce
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Def Leppard – VIVA! Hysteria

This well-constructed insight into the hype of Def Leppard’s Hysteria tour at the Hard Rock Café in Las…

By Eden Williams
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The Rise

An ideal combination of drama, action and suspense, Rowan Athale’s directorial debut The Rise is marked by flawless…

By Natasha Fonseka
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In a World…

Best known for her role in Adult Swim’s madcap Children’s Hospital, Lake Bell writes, directs and stars in…

By Andrew Drummond